Improvement in distilling- hydrocarbon-oils



ldniitii tim-5 @www CHARLES H. HALL, OF SMITHS FERRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 86,535, dated Februa/ry'2,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN DISTILLING HYDROGARBQN-OILS.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: desired pressure shall be kept up in the still by the Be it knownthm; I, CHARLES EL HALL, of Smithvs inflow of steam. This pressure is kept up, greater or Ferry,' in thc county of Beaver, and State oi Pennsylless, as may be preferred, during the continuance of' Vania, have invented.V a new and useful Improvement lilo Pl'oooss ol'. llslillilllio in Distillation of Hydrocarbon-Oils and othel'- qu-lds; 4When all but the rceidunm has been driven over, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, iilo. "opor-Volvo o is olosol; i'lloiilill@ sloom-Volvo l', and exact description thereof, reference being had to and the residnum is drawn, off or blown out into a the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specii'lllll cation, which is a side elevation of an oil-still, partly Bisi/lullig illus by slff'jliii liliiloi plfosslil'o; sooms Pifio in section, and illustrative oi my improvement. lloolly UOllfWe 'Ello @lisos 0i sfllilmg il {HOT G lJlTGCy I Thenatnre of my invention consists 'm dimming, admixtnre of the steam and oil, or of bringing Jgheni hydrocarbon-oils or other distillable liquidsby steam iiillo olosof ooniooll Wllili olioli oslioio of. bolliti@ result', under pressure, and in the construction of apparatus lloWoVol: losing a' miloll moro l'illlli lllslillioliioll therefor. .The product, when condensed, is perfectly .white and To enable others skilled-in the art to make and use looflol'izola i ooilsofllolloo of lio olollsivo Sssos boing my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction floilomlodv in lillo Promiss' and manner of use and operation. 'By dispensinggwith the application of rc to the still, a-is a still, of any ordinary or k'nownconstrnction, I Wold all (lostiillollivo dlsllilollloo sind all longer of whichis placed on or in any suitable foundation or explosion l support. ,'lhe residuum, instead of'bcing of a tarry nature, is b is a steam-pipe, leading from any Suitable form 0f in the condition of a heavy oil, valuable for lubricatingsteani-generator, tted with a valve, b', and either open:l Polllosos ing directly into the still, at its lower part, or extend- Pliloliioollyz lillol'o is nofloss, V@Xoollllflolli olio solid ing along through it any desirable distance, withI small impul'iliios ill' llo oi'llflo oil, Wliiollfsi'o'besoifomovod by apertures, c, in any desirable number. allowing them to settle, and separating them as sedi- From the upper part of the still, a vapor-pipe, "d," moiiii extends to the condensing-apparatus, which latter may This modo of llsiillllllioil l liso fol' lisliilliilg all' ois' be of any known construction. tillable liquids to which it can be conveniently applied. The vapor-pipe d has a throttle -or other like''valve,"4 l om @Wmo llilll" oil llos been disllllofl llildol olli-nos' cof any convenient form, such that, by it :51mflowpheric pressure, and also under a pressure secured by rof vapor from the still c-may-bezregnlated"oentirely' GDniining -in the still the vapors generated by a firecut oii'.' y i dis'tllation; but such `modeot distilling'is liable to thc Inlusing myimprovedpm-cess, 1511391, Stm, 0rst'1HS,1 objections ordinarily incident to rc-'distillation, and if more than 'one is' used, :as fnllaslmay'be desired.,- .also to the objection, that thereby the rapidity of disusually nearly "full," Havingclosedvthevalve e oi' the tllation is greatly lessened. By thc use ol' steam, l vapor-pipe d., lopen theilsamwalvebfgf the stemavoid the destructive effects-oi' iirc on the cil, and by pipe b, andthrough it admit into the boyibf 011 il', mm `.anintimate admixture of' hot steam and oil, render still a, a flow of stcam,feither common-or super-heated, ythe distillation more rapid, even under pressure, than 'as may be preferred, This Steam pagegfom ghe-'15mg when it is carried on in the usual way.` .I hence do b, either through its open end, or thfdugh the pew-,11:65. not claim distillation under pressure generally, but only c. The steam mixing ,with the'oil, rapidly mssit-fov when such pressure is brought about by the introduc- .th-e vapozngpoin.Orfmpemtur ma tf G1-5" metion of steam into the body'of the oil, as above set time, as thesteamaccumulates inthe still,jit, creates folio a pressure on the oil. j 'What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure By an ordinary Steamgauge attached tothe still, and; by Loiiiiois Palloni?, '1scommunicating with the steam andvapo1g1`mee,t VDistilling hydrocarbon oils and other distillablc amount of the pressure-is easily ascertained. Practiliquids by stoom, iillilof Pressure substantially as cally, I nd that a high pressure is best.A hereinbefore set forth.-

4When the pressure is up to, say from ninety to ninety, In testimony whereof, I, the said CHARLES: H. HALL, live pounds per! square inch, .though I do not ivish to MW@ llofollllilo soli my hood'- lnmt myself to these figures, I grad'ually open the'valvie CHARLES H. HALL. orthrottle e n1 the vapor-pipe d, and ladj u st and keep Witnesses-z v 1t 'and the steam-valve b' at such point that, while the ELL Tommncn,

oily vapors and steam pass oii to the condenser, the G.H Gnn1s:rr. 

